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CHAPTER V.

ne ancient CrOne alluded to in the last
chapter had been standing behind the
window curtains Of that bedroom which
had been Thankful Blossoms in the weeks
gone by. She did not move her head, but
stood looking demurely, after the manner
OF ancient crOncs, over the summer land
scape. For the summer had come before
the tardy spring was scarce gone, and
the elms before the window no longer
lispcd, but were eloquent in the softest
zcphyrs. There was the flash Of birds in
among the bushes, the occasional droning
of bees in and ont the open window, and
perpetually swinging censor of flower
incense rising from below The farm
had put on its gayest bridal raiment; and,
looking at the old farm house Swallowed
with foliage and green with creeping
vines, it was difficult TO conceive that
snow had ever lain on its porches, or
lclclVS swung from its messy caves.
"Fhankiul' said q voice still tremu-
lous with weakness.
The ancient crone turned, drew aside
the curtains and showed the sweet face OF
Thankful Blossom, more beautiful even in
lis palcncss
Come here, darling" repeated the
voice.
Thankful stepped to the sofa whereon
lay the convalescent Maj. Van Zandt.
Tell me sweetheart" said the major
talin- her hand in his, "when you mar
ricd me, as you told the chaplain, that
yoH might have the right to nurse me, did
you never think that if death spared me
might be 50 distiguCed that even you, dear
love, would have turned from me- with
loathing2"
THAT was why 1 did it, dear," said
Thankful mischievously. II know that
the pride, and the sense of honor, and self
devotion of some people would have kept
them from keeping their promises to a
poor girl
'But, darling continued the major.
raising her hand to his lips, suppose the
case had been reversed; suppose YOU had
taken the disease, that | had recovered
without Disagreement, but that this sweet
facr'-
Il thought of that, too" interrupted
Thankful.
We'll, what would you have done,
dear said the major, with his old mis-
ehievous smile.
Il should have died" said Thankful
gravely.
But howy'
somehow. But you are to 90 to sleep
and not ask impertinent and frivolous
questions; for father is coming to-mor-
row.
Thankful, dear, do you know what
the trees and the birds said to me as lay
there tossing with fever?''
NO, dear"
Thankful Blossom! Thankful Bios
som! Thankful Blossom is coming!"
do you know what said, sweetheart,
as lifted your dear head from the ground
when You reeled from your horse just as
l overlook you at Springfield?'
mo, DEAR
"There are some things in life worth
STOPPING for,n
And she winged this Parthian arrow
home with IA kiss.
THE END.
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( ~ do"
"Gucrtin
There was something in the girls voice
more than this first utterancc Of his Chris
tan name, that made him pause.
81 told-a--lic--just- There Is n
fl"c'tr horse i'm thc stable than my mare
'tie the ruaa lilly in the second stall"
God b,p you''
He was gone. She waited to hear the
clatcr Of his horses hoofS in the road
way when Caesar came in few mo.
monts later to tell the news of Can't.
BreVatcr's escape, the room was empty:
but it vas soon filed again by dozen
turbulent troopers,
cor course she's gone" said Sergt.
Tibbtts; "tho jade flew with the cap
TAIN
"Ay, tits pain enough. Two horses
arc gone from the stable besides the ma
jor's, T." said Private Hicks.
Nor was this military criticism entirely
private one. When the courier arrived
at headquarters the next morning, it was
to bring the report that Mistress Thankful
Blossom, after assisting her lover to os-
cape, had fled with him. ''The renegade
is well off our hands," said Gen. Sullivan
Eruliy; "hc has saved us the public dis
grace Of trial But this is bad news of
Maj. Van Xandt."
"What news Of the MAJOR" asked
Washington quickly.
Gle pursued the varabond as far as
Springfield, killing his horse, and falling
himself inscnsihle before Maj. Merton's
quarters. Here he became speedily deliri-
GUS fever auperrened, and the regimental
surgeon, after a careful examination, pro-
nounccl his case one of smallpox"
whisper of horror and pity went
around the ROOM. "Another gallant sol
dicr, who should have died leading n
charge, laid by the heels by beggar's
filthy distemper," growled Sullivan.
"Whcrc win it end?"
"God knows" said Hamilton. "PGor
Van Xaudt, But whittier was he sent
to the hos. .,al:'
NO; a pccial permit was granted in
his case; and It's said he was removed to
,nc Blossom farm--it being remote from
nai-hbor,-and the house placed under
quarantine. Abner Blossom has pru-
IDENTIFY abssntcd himself from the chances
oi infection, and the daughter has fled.
The sick man il attended only 10y black
servant and an ancient crone so that, if
the poor major escapes with his life or
without Disagreement, pretty Mistress
Bolton, Of Moristown, need not be scan
daliGed or jealous
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will heW part OF 1t from the lips OF otncrs,
and | would rather you should take the
whole truth from mine. This man was
false to me. He betrayed two friends of
| mine as spies. | could have forgiven it,
! had it been only foolish jealousy; but
it was, | have since learned from
his own lips, only that he might
EratifY his spite against the commander in
chief 10y procuring their arrest. and max
ing serious difficulty in the American
/ camp, by means of which he hopcd TO
serve his own ends. lie told me this. be
lieving that | sympathized with him in
his hatred of the commander in chief and
in his own wrongs and sunicrinCs. | con-
fcss to my shame, Maj Van Zandt, that
. two days AGO did believe him, and that |
, looked upon you as a mere catch poll or
bailiit of the tyrant. That found out
how | was deceived when | saw the com
mandcr in chief, you, major, who know
him so well, need not be told Nor was
it necessary for me to tell this man that
he had deceived me, for | felt that-that
was - not 49, thc--only reason-why |
could no longer rcturn-his love-
She paused as the major approached her
earnestly, and waved him back with her
hand. ale reproached me bitterly with
she went on again; che recalled my past
protcstations; he showed me my love
letters; and he told me that if | were still
his true sweetheart ought to helm him.
told him if he would never call ne Ly
that name again; if he would give MP NIB
claim to me; if he would never sl,.l;
write to me, nor see me again; if he would
hand me back my lctters-I would l,I.
nm. She stopped; the blood ru-hC
into her pale face. You will remember
major, that I accepted this man love as
young, foolish, trustful girl but when
made him this offer-he--he accepted it,"
"The dogn' said Mai Van Zandt.
But in what way could you help this
double traitor?'
81 have helped him." said Thankful
quietly.
"But howT said Maj. Van Zandt.
by becoming a traitor myself She
said, turning upon him almost hcrccly
Hear me! While you were quietly pac-
ing these halls, while your men were
laughing and talking in the road, Caesar
was saddling my white mare, the flectest
IN the country lie led her to the lane
below. That mare is now two miles
away, with Capt. Brewster on her back
Why do you not start, maior5 Look at
me. | am traitor, and this is my
bribe;' and She drew a package of letters
from her bosom and flung them ON the
table
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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-03-17

Just now, when so many extrava-
giant and wild schemes are being con
cocted and urged for plundering the
Federal Treasury, this from Andrew
Jackson's farewell message may be
read with profit
Congress has no right, under the
Constitution, to take money from the
people, unless it is required to exc
cute some one of the specific powers
intrusted to the Government, and if
II ely raise more than is necessary for
such purpose, it is an abuse of the
power of taxation, and unjust and
oppressive. 1t may, indeed, some
times happen that revenue will ex-
coed the amount anticipated when
the taxes were laid. When this is
ascertained it is easy to reduce them,
and in such cases it is unquestiona-
bly, the duty of the Government to
reduce them, for no circumstances
can justify it in assuming power
not given it by the Constitution, or
in taking away the money of the
people when it was not needed for
the legitimate wants of the Govern
ment.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-03-17
PECULIARITIES OF STEEL.

Steel is queer stuff. That a metal
should be in such common use in
which are to be found so many valua-
bic characteristics in it normal CON
dition, and which can be changed
by heat or cold to appear like new
something, entirely different in char
acter, and still its value be enhanc-
ed intellectually by the change, seems
marvellous. That the hard pieces of
steel which resist all efforts to cut
them with chisel or file, may be soft
ened by simple heating and cooling,
so that they may be cut and worked
and Engraved into all the thou
sands of shapes of utility and beauty
in which steel may be found in tool
rooms and vaults Of our busy manu-
features, and that, when the work is
all put on, the same pieces may be
reheated and cooled, and made there
by so hard that no tool which cut
them before will mark them, made
so hard even as to cut glass like diaa
monds, is wonderful.
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OPossUM FARM.-The Griffin, Ga,
News tells remarkable story of a
man in Spalding county who has es-
tablished an opossum farm. This
developer of new industry has FIVE
hundred fat Opossums on hand. They
are tame as kittens and lodge around
on the caves of the house, and other
convenient places. The farm itself
is thus described. "In the first place
/ fenced in about twenty acres of
woodland containing n persimmon
orchard and running branch. This
fence, as you see, built of clap
boards four and half feet high, suf-
ticlently close to prevent the egress
OF young Opossums. Next, caught
during the summer and fall OF 1894
forty females and ten males which |
turned into this grove. But | should
say that first kept them in a pen
near my dwelling about six weeks,
feeding them daily, and thus accus-
toming them to the presence of man
in word, tanning them. At the
end Of six weeks they were, in u
measure, tamed-as much so as hogs
raised in the woods.
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ADMINISTRATORS SALE

BY virtue OF an order of the court of Or
binary of Cobb county, Ga, will be sold
before the court house door in Marietta
Ga, on the first Tuesday in April 1887
during the legal hours Of sale. part of lot of
land No 32 in the Goth district and 2nd
section, Of Cobb county. Ga, containing 80
acres more or less, known as the home
place of the late f. l.. Shuford of said
county; sold as the property of f L Shu,
ford, deceased for the pu pose Of distribu>
ton and payment Of debts This property
which lies in the city Of Acv orth immedi-
ately on the W. A. Railroad on the
south has been divided into city lots, one
of whicN contains fine dN cling house
and ba fronting public street: another
consisting of 10! acres is good arabic land
part creek bottom; another is a woodland
lot, with good spring; all the other lots
front the public street and Western and
Atlantic railroad and furnish fine sites for
residences. Terms cash March 3. 1887,
J. Z. FOSTER, Admir-,
de bonis non.
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ShGriif'S Sales for April.

VIII be sold before the Court House
door in the city of Marietta, Cobb county,
a, on he first Tuesday in April 1887,
daring the legal hours of sale the follow
ing property to wit:
Lot Of land No 455 in the 18th district
and 2nd section of Cobb County. Ga. Leve
led on as the property Of VIM. Alexander
and Mary Alexander, to satisfy Justice
Court fl las issued from the 1902 district. @
NJ OF Cobb County, in favor OF w. Z.
d. Thompson Us VIM. and Mary Aexan>
der. Notice given to VIM. and Mary Al
exander
Also, at the same time and place, Lots
of land Nos $40 and 5l5. and ten acres of
lot No. 514, all in the 18th district aud I'd
section of Cobb County, Ga Levied on rs
the property Of George Bass, to satisfy fl
ia issued from the Justice Court, 1899 G.
NJ, Of said county in favor Of Hokc Smith
VS. said Geo. Bess Levy made and return
ed to me by w. II. Crawford, L. G
Also, at the same time aud place, One
house and lot in the city of Marietta, Cobb
county, Ga, known as the Bond place.
situated on Roswell street and containing
II acres, more or less, and bounded as fol
lows: North by lands of Isaac Scurdv,
south by Roswell street, east by land Of
Mrs Matte Young and west by premises
OF Mrs. ) E. Moore Levied on SIS the
property OF w. II. Wallis to satisfy fl fl
/ issued from the Justice Court S98th district
| @ NJ of Cobb county, Ga in favor OF J.
! w Henderson VS. w. H. Wallis.
A. T. CORYELL. Sheriff.
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agricultural.
THE VALUE OF MONEY.

Teach your children that money,
honestly accumulated, is gained by
earnest, assiduous toll in some hon
orable occupation; and instead of
being ''6lty lucre," it is the repre-
sentative of comfort, civilization, and
refinement. Teach them the differ
ence between revering it as a god
and using it as valuable means OF
accomplishing great good to ones
self and to others. Teach them the
differences between waste and thrift
prodigality and frugality dissipation
and accumulation.
Farmers, of all men, have the best
chance to give their children lessons
in practical lessons, object
lessons in fact-upon the great and
real value OF money. Give your
children, both boys and girls,
chance to earn money for themselves.
1t will be of far more practical value
to them than if you simply made them
"A present of it.
Let the boys have a patch of
ground to themselves togeth-
er or separate, as may suit them best
Give them good land, the best, or as
good as you have. 1t will not take
much-only enough to occupy them
when not engaged in their studies.
Let them plant groundpeas, melons,
popcorn, vegetables, or whatever
their fancy or the market facilities
may dictate is the most saleable.
Show them how and when to plant,
and how to cultivate. Give them all
the tools, teams and manure neces-
sary to good crop, but let them do
all, or nearly all, the work. Encour-
age instead OF scolding them when
old Sol pours out his summer smiles
upon their weary backs. Remember
that you were boys once, and a neigh
boring shade tree looked almost like
paradise about ten o'clock on Ju-
ly morning. Encourage the boys tC
read the newspapers, and any Other
matter you have upon the farm top
les. Do not over work them, howev
er. Give them reasonable time fol
recreation, but impress upon theiI
minds the great truth "There il
no excellence without labor"
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WHERE 10 eET JOB PRINTING.

Attention is directed to the jobbing de
partmcnt oftbeMAmETrA JOURNAL which is
provided with the most approved and ex-
tensivo facilities for the execution Of job
printing Of all kinds from the smallest label
TO the largest poster, in black or colored
inks, a. prices as low as can be had else
whore for an equal grade Of work We are
prepared to print at short notice, pamphlets
posters programmes, circulars letter heads
checks, envelopes BIN heads, blanks Of al
kinds catalogues business cards, and every
thing in the iue Of printing used in the con
duet Of every day business.
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ORDINARV's OFFICE, CoBB Co. }
MARIETTA G. March Let 1877 (

To all whom il may concern: All persons
interested are hereby notified that if no
good cause be shown to the contrary, an
order will be granted by the undersigned
on the 9th day Of April 1881, establishing
public road as recommended by the road
Commissions appointed for that purpose
commencing at r. NJ Bensons, on the
Bells Ferry road and running due south
erly direction by the residence OF John
Benson and on the line Of Mrs. Benson r.
Nj, Benson, John Benson aud David Dobbs
lands and intersecIing the Sandy Plains
road near I.atiner's Mil
III NJ UAMMETT Ordn,y
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NARIEIIA, "a, NRIVIl ISt IooI =
To all whom 1t may concern, All persons
interested are hereby notified that, il no
good cause is shown to the contrary. an or
der will be granted by the undo signed on
the 9th day of April 1887. establishing
public road as recommended by the road
Commission appointed for that purpose,
commencing At the residence Of Wilson
Grigas and running south hy the residence
and through the lands OF r ; Hampton
=. H. Rullarl and ]. A Dobbins, crossing the
Marietta road NJ J. I. Echols and through
the land OF .. N. McEachern and intersect-
ing the road running by Powder springs
camp ground near the residence of Mathew
Czburn.
IL. NJ. HAMMETT. Ordp'y.
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w helan's School.
SOAPS CREEK, Z MILES EAST OF
MARIETTA,)

A complete, intellectual, progressive,
practical and solid Academic course in
English, Mathematics and Classics Ap,
pletOns' Series ('The New Education, y
have been adopted. Rates of Tuition re,
duced cents, l0c and 15c per diem for
actual attendance HIGHER course in Class
les, Mathematics and French 20c, payable
quarterly. Mr. w. L. Bishop is erecting a
large house for the accommodation OF
Young men, with or without Board at the
lowest charges. Board can also be obtain
ed at other places at reduced charges.
RULEs-Obedeuce- Ldj3rare--diSceye-
est ordre. "To hbor-to learn-is to
pray" PETER d. WHETAN.
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Will Open january 3. 1887.
ADMINISTRATORS SALE

BY virtue Of an order of the Court of Orr
binary of Cobb county, Georgia, will be
sold before the Court House door in Mariet-
ia, Ca, durin the legal hours of sale on
the first Tuesday in April, next, lot ofland
No 366 in the 10Th dist and ID section Of
Paulding county, containing 40 acres more
or less, also one fourth interest in all the
mineral of any kind whatever on or in the
west half of lot of land No 900. and one
halfin;erest in the lot of land No 947 in
the 21st dist and 2nd section of b ROW
county, Georgia, with the right of ingress
and egress for the purpose of mining for
any kinds of minerals Sold as the proper
ty of Joseph Smith, deceased, Tor The pur-
rose Of paying the debs of his estate
Terms Cash. March Sd, 1897.
j. u. FOSTER,
Administrator dehonis non
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GEORGIA-C OBB COUNTY:

Whereas, John p Martin, Executor Of
Nathan Martin, represents 10 the Court in
his petition duly filed and entered on re-
cord, that he hss fully administered Nathan
Martins estate This is Therefore to cite
all persons concerned, kindred and credits
ors, to show cause, if any they can, why
said Administrator should not be discharg>
ed from his administration, and receive
letters of di1mission on the first Monday in
June 1887 II. VI. HA NMETT, Ord Y.
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AnM1NIsrRArnR,s SALE

By virtue of au order of the Court of
Ordinary of Cobb Comfy, Ga will be sold
before the Court House door in the City Of
Marietta Ca. during the legal houIs OF
sale on the 1st Tuesd Y in April next, lots
Of land Nos SO and Go in the 18th dis
trict and 2nA section Of Cobb county, Ga,
each containing 40 acres, more or less
Sold as the property of Harris Hutchins,
deceased. for the purpose Of distribution
and payments Of debts OF deceased Terms
cash. March Sd, 1887
J. Y. FOSTER.
Administrator debOnis non.
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GEORGIA-COBB COUNTY

Whereas, j r Hardin Administrator of
Richard Hardin represents to the Court in
his petition, duly filed and entered on re
cord. that he has fully administered Rich
rd Iarbin's estate. This is therefore to
cite all persons concerned, kindred or credi
Tors to show cause, if any they can, why
said Administrator should not be discharged
from his administration, and receive letters
OF 1ismssiou on the first Monday in June,
1897. II VI. HAMMETT, Ordinary.